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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968. This novel is about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198 261pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage Books USA
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780099501633
- ISBN
- 9780099501633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.50
€ 13.99
€ 10.50
Paperback. Shortlisted for The Orange Prize for Fiction If it hadn't been for the child then none of this might have happened. She saw me kissing her father. She saw her father kissing me. The fact that a child got mixed up in it all made us feel that it mattered, that there was no going back. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099539780
- ISBN
- 9780099539780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
paperback. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099578635
- ISBN
- 9780099578635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 5.47
€ 20.99
€ 5.47
Paperback. Hanna, Dan, Constance and Emmet return to the west coast of Ireland for a final family Christmas in the home their mother is about to sell. As the feast turns to near painful comedy, a last, desperate act from Rosaleen - a woman who doesn't quite know how to love her children - forces them to confront the weight of family ties and their home. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099539797
- ISBN
- 9780099539797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.27
€ 13.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. Ranging from the 1850s through two world wars to the present, and from Canada to Brisbane, the Balkans and the Somme, this title includes dazzling stories that reveal the secrets of unconventional women who refuse to be contained. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099459712
- ISBN
- 9780099459712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
paperback. A tale of sex, death and reproduction, by the author of "The Portable Virgin". When Stephen arrives on her doorstep and asks for a cup of tea, Grace's life is transfigured. He committed suicide in 1934, but now, nostalgically, he spends his nights hanging by the neck in Grace's shower. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749397159
- ISBN
- 9780749397159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Irishwoman Eliza Lynch became briefly, in the 1860s, the richest woman in the world. The book opens in Paris with Eliza in bed with Francisco Solano Lopez - heir to the untold wealth of Paraguay. The fruit of their congress will be extraordinary, and will send her across the Atlantic on the regal voyage to claim her glorious future in Ascuncion. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099436942
- ISBN
- 9780099436942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. A woman haunted by dreams of her dead mother. An adulterous couple stepping over the line where the initial excitement ends and the pain begins. A widow visiting a Scottish village in search of her husband's past - and instead discovering unsettling truths about a total stranger. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099820604
- ISBN
- 9780099820604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Features stories that explore varieties and degrees of love - filial, platonic, sexual, parental and imagined - in the lives of apparently ordinary folk. In this title, the author's characters pulse with idiosyncratic life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099741312
- ISBN
- 9780099741312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. The Man Booker prize-winning author's critically acclaimed selection of the best Irish short stories of the last sixty years, following Richard Ford's best-selling Granta Book of the American Short Story. Editor(s): Enright, Anne. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847082558
- ISBN
- 9781847082558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.46
€ 19.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 179 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing GB
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099578642
- ISBN
- 9780099578642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. Featuring an early collection of stories, this book presents the works of a well known fiction writer. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700898
- ISBN
- 9781784700898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. When her father marries his second wife, Chrissy gets a new step sister. Three years older than her, Queenie is beautiful and kind, someone everybody wants to be friends with. Chrissy worships her. But when Queenie runs away at eighteen, their lives quietly diverge. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 106 x 5. Weight in Grams: 44.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781253175
- ISBN
- 9781781253175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.48
€ 5.48
Paperback. Catching frogs, grazing knees, singing songs to save England from Hitler - that was childhood for Del Jordan, and now she's impatient for more. More than she can find in the encyclopedias sold by her mother, or in the half-understood innuendos dispensed by best friend Naomi, or in the whispers of boys during Friday night dances. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700881
- ISBN
- 9781784700881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Includes stories that deals with the self-discovery of adolescence, the joys and pains of love and the despair and guilt of those caught in a narrow existence. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099273776
- ISBN
- 9780099273776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Hardcover. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Four Courts Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846823602
- ISBN
- 9781846823602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.00€ 42.31
€ 50.00
€ 42.31
Paperback. Written by the winner of the 1994 W H Smith Award, this book contains a selection of stories, from the earliest published work in 1968 to the works in 1994. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099732419
- ISBN
- 9780099732419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002043
- ISBN
- 9781853714405
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KIN0008411
- ISBN
- 9781853714405
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KKD0002044
- ISBN
- 9781853714047
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95